requirements
Prerequisite
- MSTE 275 - Health Education, 1 unit
Supervised Teaching Placements
Each candidate must successfully complete 2 supervised teaching assignments at 2 different grade levels (K–2, 3–5, 6–8) in public schools. The Supervised Teaching II placement must qualify as low performing and/or hard to staff and include significant work with English learners. Placements are made in collaboration with the Field Experience Coordinator, candidate, principal and program director. A college supervisor from the School of Education visits the school regularly to confer with the master teacher and candidate.
Before candidates can register for Supervised Teaching II, they must pass CBEST, complete the subject matter competence requirement (and demonstrate competency in the Teacher Performance Expectations).
Required Courses (38 units)
- MSTE 210 - Culture, Learning and Development I, 3 units
- MSTE 223 - Technology in the Classroom I, 1 unit
- MSTE 224 - Technology in the Classroom II, 1 unit
- MSTE 253 - Reading and Language Arts I, 3 units
- MSTE 254 - Reading and Language Arts II, 3 units
- MSTE 310 - Supervised Teaching I, 3 units
- MSTE 311 - Seminar I: Foundations in Education, 2 units
- MSTE 312 - Seminar II: Teaching Diverse Learners, 3 units
- MSTE 314 - Seminar IV: Integrating Theory and Practice, 3 units
- MSTE 315 - Inclusive Education, 2 units
- MSTE 320 - Supervised Teaching II, 3 units
- MSTE 345 - Curriculum and Instruction: Social Science and Humanities, 3 units
- MSTE 349 - Curriculum and Instruction: Science Emphasis , 3 units
- MSTE 350 - Curriculum and Instruction: Mathematics Emphasis , 3 units
- MSTE 425 - Teaching Linguistically Diverse Learners, 2 units
Employed candidates may replace MSTE 320 Supervised Teaching II with a combination of both MSTE 330 Supervised Teaching III and MSTE 440 Field Experiences and Methods II for Teaching English as a Second Language.

